the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Colossians 4:5
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Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.
Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
Watch how you deal with folks who don't ride for the brand.
Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.
Walk in wisdom towards those without, redeeming opportunities.
Act wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.
Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Behave wisely in relation to the outside world, buying up your opportunities.
Walke in wisdome toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Walk in wisdom toward the ones outside, redeeming the time.
Walke wysely towarde them that are without, and redeme ye tyme.
Be prudent in your conduct to those, who are not christians: and make the best of of every opportunity.
Use your heads as you live and work among outsiders. Don't miss a trick. Make the most of every opportunity. Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out.
Conduct yourself with wisdom in your interactions with outsiders (non-believers), make the most of each opportunity [treating it as something precious].
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.
Walke wysely to them that are with out and redeme ye tyme.
Walk in wisdom toward those that are outside, redeeming the time.
Walk in wisdom towards them that are without, redeeming the time.
in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling;
Be wise in the way you act with people who are not believers, making the most of every opportunity.
Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities.
Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
When you are with unbelievers, always make good use of the time.
Behave wisely toward outsiders, making full use of every opportunity —
Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.
Walke wisely towarde them that are without, and redeeme the season.
Live wisely in peace with those who are outside the church, and avoid offending.
Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
Behave wisely toward outsiders, making the best use of your time.Ephesians 5:15-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:12;">[xr]
In wisdom walk towards the outward ones, and redeem your opportunity.
Walk in wisdom towards them without: and redeem your opportunity.
Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity.
Be wise in the way you live around those who are not Christians. Make good use of your time.
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.
In wisdom, be walking towards them who are without, - the opportunity, buying out for yourselves,
Walk with wisdom towards them that are without, redeeming the time.
Live with wisdom toward those outside, making the most of the time.
Walke in wisdome towarde the that are without, redeemyng the tyme.
Be wise in the way you act with those who are not believers. Use your time in the best way you can.
Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.
Be wise in the way you act toward those who are not believers, making good use of every opportunity you have.
Walke ye in wisdom to hem that ben with outen forth, ayenbiynge tyme.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Walk: Colossians 3:16, Psalms 90:12, Matthew 10:16, Romans 16:19, 1 Corinthians 14:19-25, Ephesians 5:15-17, James 1:5, James 3:13, James 3:17
them: 1 Corinthians 5:12, 1 Corinthians 5:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:12, 1 Timothy 3:7, 1 Peter 3:1
redeeming: Ephesians 5:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 5:22 - General Genesis 13:7 - Canaanite Genesis 23:13 - I will Genesis 23:17 - made sure Genesis 29:13 - all these Genesis 47:16 - Give your cattle Deuteronomy 2:4 - take ye 1 Samuel 18:5 - wisely 1 Samuel 18:15 - wisely Psalms 39:1 - while Psalms 112:5 - he will Proverbs 31:26 - openeth Ecclesiastes 10:10 - wisdom Daniel 2:8 - gain Mark 4:11 - them John 9:4 - while Acts 17:21 - spent Romans 12:17 - Provide Galatians 6:10 - opportunity Ephesians 5:17 - be Philippians 4:8 - are of Colossians 1:9 - wisdom Colossians 1:10 - ye
Cross-References
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord , Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Walk in wisdom,.... Or wisely, circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise men; :-.
Towards them that are without; so the Jews used to call the Gentiles, all that were out of their own land, that were not of their nation or religion, who were aliens from them, and strangers to their privileges; and sometimes the unbelieving. Jews bear the same character, see Mark 4:11. Here it may design such who were not members of this church; so the distinction of those that are without, and such as are within, is used by the apostle in 1 Corinthians 5:12. A church is an house or family, and such as belong to it are called the household of faith, and those that do not are they that are, without; it is as a city, and, those that are of it are fellow citizens with the saints, but others are strangers and foreigners; it is a garden enclosed, they that are planted in it are those that are within, and such as lie in the wide open field of the world are those that are without: but inasmuch as there are some who are not members of churches, and yet have the grace of God, this phrase may chiefly regard all unregenerate men, profane sinners, such as have not faith in Christ, nor hope in God, who are entirely destitute of the grace of God. Now it becomes saints to walk wisely towards them; all communication with them is not cut off, or correspondence and conversation with them forbidden; the saints indeed are not to have their conversation among them as in times past; they are to have no fellowship with them in immoral actions, and superstitious practices; but they may be concerned with them in things civil, with respect to trade and commerce, and the common business of life; on these accounts they may keep company with them; otherwise, as the apostle elsewhere says, they must needs go out of the world. But then it is incumbent upon them to behave wisely towards them, with the simplicity of the dove to join the wisdom of the serpent; they should walk inoffensively towards them, and do nothing to provoke them, to injure and persecute them, but take all prudent methods to gain their affections, escape their resentment and wrath, and obtain their liberty of worshipping God without disturbance; they should give to all their due, tribute, custom, fear, and honour, to whom they are due, and owe no man anything but love; they should submit to every ordinance of men and be subject to the higher powers, not only to escape wrath, but for conscience sake, and should give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; they should pray for kings, and all in authority; for the prosperity of the nation, city, and place where they are, for their carnal relations and neighbours, and even their very entities, and do them all the good, both for soul and body, that lies in their power, and as they have opportunity; and by so doing, they will heap up coals of fire on their heads. Such a prudent walk, and wise conduct, is necessary on account of the Gospel, that the public ministration of it may be continued, that it may spread and get ground, and that it may not be reproached and blasphemed; and on the account of them that are without, that they may not have any stumblingblocks laid in their way, and they be hardened in their impiety and irreligion, and be more set against the truths of the Gospel; and also on account of believers themselves, who ought so to converse with the men of the world, that they are not partakers with them in their sins, and have their manners corrupted by them, or the vital heat of religion damped, and they become dead, lifeless, lukewarm, and indifferent to divine things, which is often the case through an indiscreet and imprudent walk with such men: the apostle adds,
redeeming the time; as an instance of prudent walking towards them that are without; 1 Corinthians 5:12- :.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Walk in wisdom - That is, conduct uprightly and honestly. Deal with them on the strictest principles of integrity, so that they may not have occasion to reproach the religion which you profess.
Toward them that are without - Without the pale of the church, or who are not professing Christians; see the notes at 1 Corinthians 5:12. They were surrounded by pagans, as Christians now are by men of the world. The injunction is one that requires us to act with prudence and propriety (ἐν σοφίᾳ en sophia toward them; and there is perhaps not a more important direction in the New Testament than this. Among the reasons for this are the following:
(1) People of the world judge of religion, not from the profession, but from the life of its friends.
(2) They judge of religion, not from preaching, or from books, or from the conduct of its Founder and his apostles, but from what they see in the daily walk and conversation of the members of the church.
(3) They understand the nature of religion so well as to know when its friends are or are not consistent with their profession.
(4) They set a much higher value on honesty and integrity than they do on the doctrines and duties of religion; and if the professed friends of religion are destitute of the principles of truth and honesty, they think they have nothing of any value. They may be very devout on the Sabbath; very regular at prayer-meetings; very strict in the observance of rites and ceremonies - but all these are of little worth in the estimation of the world, unless attended with an upright life.
(5) No professing Christian can possibly do good to others who does not live an upright life. If you have cheated a man out of never so small a sum, it is vain that you talk to him about the salvation of his soul; if you have failed to pay him a debt when it was due, or to finish a piece of work when you promised it, or to tell him the exact truth in conversation, it is vain for you to endeavor to induce him to be a Christian. He will feel, if he does not say - and he might very properly say - that he wants no religion which will not make a man honest.
(6) No person will attempt to do much good to others whose own life is not upright. He will be sensible of the inconsistency, and will feel that he cannot do it with any sense of propriety; and the honor of religion, therefore, and the salvation of our fellow-men, demand that in all our intercourse with others, we should lead lives of the strictest integrity.
Redeeming the time - Notes, Ephesians 5:6.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 5. Walk in wisdom — Act wisely and prudently in reference to them who are without-who yet continue unbelieving Gentiles or persecuting Jews.
The Church of Christ was considered an enclosure; a field, or vineyard, well hedged or walled. Those who were not members of it, were considered without; i.e. not under that especial protection and defence which the true followers of Christ had. This has been since called "The pale of the Church," from palus, a stake; or, as Dr. Johnson defines it, "A narrow piece of wood, joined above and below to a rail, to enclose grounds." As to be a Christian was essential to the salvation of the soul, so to be in the Church of Christ was essential to the being a Christian; therefore it was concluded that "there was no salvation out of the pale of the Church." Now this is true in all places where the doctrines of Christianity are preached; but when one description of people professing Christianity, with their own peculiar mode of worship and creed, arrogate to themselves, exclusive of all others, the title of THE Church; and then, on the ground of a maxim which is true in itself, but falsely understood and applied by them, assert that, as they are THE Church, and there is no Church besides, then you must be one of them, believe as they believe, and worship as they worship, or you will be infallibly damned; I say, when this is asserted, every man who feels he has an immortal spirit is called on to examine the pretensions of such spiritual monopolists. Now, as the Church of Christ is formed on the foundation of the prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ being the chief corner stone, the doctrines of this Christian Church must be sought for in the sacred Scriptures. As to fathers, councils, and human authorities of all kinds, they are, in this question, lighter than vanity; the book of God alone must decide. The Church, which has been so hasty to condemn all others, and, by its own soi disant or self-constituted authority, to make itself the determiner of the fates of men, dealing out the mansions of glory to its partisans, and the abodes of endless misery to all those who are out of its antichristian and inhuman pale; this Church, I say, has been brought to this standard, and proved by the Scriptures to be fallen from the faith of God's elect, and to be most awfully and dangerously corrupt; and to be within its pale, of all others professing Christianity, would be the most likely means of endangering the final salvation of the soul. Yet even in it many sincere and upright persons may be found, who, in spirit and practice, belong to the true Church of Christ. Such persons are to be found of all religious persuasions, and in all sorts of Christian societies.
Redeeming the time. — Ephesians 5:16; Ephesians 5:16.
